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The ICG's Late Payment Register To follow is a list of companies that ICG members have had payment problems with in the past. It is to be used as a warning to others, rather than as a tool for defamation. The details on this register must not be shared outside of the...
ICG Quiz Night 2024 – Another Success
Thoughts from ICG member Susie Mullen I'll be honest, I'm not much of a networker. I know it's important and I know I should do more of it but it's one of the things I find easy to avoid. Earlier this year, spurred on by new year enthusiasm, I signed up for the ICG...
Off the beaten path: Leaving the agency world
Jess Jorgensen, formerly of Bamm and now a freelance insights consultant and ICG member, shares her experience of leaving a full-time career to pursue her mushroom passion. Article first published in Research Live. In 2023, I quit my job to run with mushrooms. For 16...
RECORDING: Nowhere Be Like Africa – A Guide To Research
This webinar is generously sponsored by Babble viewing facility, West Midlands, winner of the MRS Operations Awards Best Viewing Facility – Experience & Impact As part of our international research webinar series, we are now proud to introduce three ICG members...
RECORDING: Webinar: Financial Planning – A Conversation (with Victor Sacks)
We welcome IFA Victor Sacks, VS Associates, to talk about some key areas of financial planning relevant to micro-business owners, and answer your questions about this. Specific areas to be covered include: retirement planning financial investments employee...
As the next general election approaches, political lessons from the last 50 years
Article from AMSR - Archive of Market and Social Research Let’s time travel through politics: In 1974, late swings altered outcomes, mirroring today's 17% Labour lead. The '70 and '74 elections teach us that secure leads can vanish as election day nears, shaped by...